Nairobi vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nairobi	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$646	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1766	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$239	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$565	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$224	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$399	$324
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	67	56
😀 Quality of life	59	43
🏙️ Population	5.55M	2.9M

The cost of living in Nairobi is 30% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 7242nd and 5826th ($646 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Kenya and Brazil, respectively. Check Kenya vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Nairobi compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 5517th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Salvador

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	Nairobi	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.87	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.69	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.2%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1086	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$641	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.93	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.43	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.48	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.2	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.9	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6839	$12057

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$530
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$524
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$439
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$486
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$571
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$536
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$405
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$441
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$424
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$557
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$557
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$493
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$542
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$493
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$622
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$600
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$654
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$581
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$706
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$762
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$600
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$556
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$449
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$599
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$677
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$446
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$543
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$539
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$748
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$575
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$448
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$458
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$445
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$448
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$553
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$566
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$747

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711